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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Intensity and Attachment : How the Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Relate to Educational Outcomes
:
How the Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Relate to Educational Outcomes
Contributor:
Crosta, Peter M.
imprint:
SAGE Publications, 2014
Published in:Community College Review
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/0091552113518233
ISSN:
0091-5521;
1940-2325
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> This study examines the relationship between community college enrollment patterns and student outcomes—credential completion and transfer to a 4-year institution—introducing a new way of visualizing the various attendance patterns of community college students. Patterns of enrollment intensity (full- or part-time status) and continuity (enrolling in consecutive terms or skipping one or more terms) are graphed and then clustered according to their salient features. Using data on cohorts of first-time community college students at five colleges in a single state, the study finds astounding variation in student enrollment patterns. Clustering these patterns reveals two relationships: the first is a positive association between enrollment continuity and earning a community college credential, and the second is a positive association between enrollment intensity and likelihood of transfer. </jats:p>